Christo, the artist famous for wrapping the Reichstag in white fabric, plans to build it.

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After the final vote in the Bundestag chamber of the Reichstag building, Mrs Merkel expressed confidence in her candidate.

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In 1933, the German parliament building, the Reichstag, was destroyed by fire.

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In his redesign of the Reichstag, the seat of German government in Berlin, Foster has carried this out to an extraordinary degree.

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What, though, to call the Reichstag if not, well, the Reichstag?

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In 1932, in German elections, the Nazis lost 34 seats and two million votes but still remained the largest party in the Reichstag with 196 seats.

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British architect Lord Norman Foster, who designed London's Gherkin tower and the dome on the Reichstag building in Berlin, described Niemeyer as an "inspiration" who "stood accepted wisdom on its head".

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He noted that the old Reichstag, heated and cooled by fossil fuels, produced 6, 400 metric tons of carbon dioxide a year.

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